daily links: august 2022

8.2.22
CNN.com—Judge allows lawsuits against Trump from Capitol police officers who were injured on Jan 6 to move forward
ABCnews.com—Biden is experiencing Covid rebound and is again testing positive for Covid after going off the antiviral drug Paxlovid
CBS News—Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan for official visit, which could inflame tensions with China
USA Today—Third party arbitrator recommends six game suspension for DeShaun Watson, the Browns quarterback who is accused by 26 women of sexual assault. The NFL can still appeal and ask for stronger sanctions.
BBC News—Georgia will now allow residents to claim embryos as dependents on their tax forms
NBC News—Tiger Woods was reportedly offered $700 million to participate in Saudi-sponsored golf tournaments


8.3.22
CNN.com—Alex Jones admonished by judge and caught committing perjury by attorney representing Sandy Hook families
CBS News—Biden signs executive order protecting interstate travel in order to obtain an abortion
BBC News—Kansas voters decisively protect the right to an abortion that is enshrined in the state's constitution
NBC News—11 players who were suspended from the PGA for particpating in rival LIV golf tournaments sue the PGA
USA Today—$90 million Batgirl movie that has already been completed is shelved by new leadership at Warner Bros.
ABCnews.com—Vin Scully, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Dodgers, dies at 94


8.9.22
BBC News—Democrats in the Senate pass $700 billion package to tackle cliimate change, increase corporate taxes, and reduce medication prices
CNN.com—FBI executes a search warrant at Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence, including his office and his safe
CBS News—Pentagon announces $1 billion in new military aid for Ukraine
NBC News—Owner of clothing company who markets sloganeering t-shirts for the MAGA crowd fined $200,000 for falsely saying that the clothing was made in the US instead of China (where it was actually made)
ABCnews.com—Former Twitter employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia
USA Today—Former Patriots player admits he onced intentionally crashed his car when he was late for practice to avoid being cut by coach Bill Belichick


8.10.22
CNN.com—Trump pleads the Fifth throughout his deposition in an investigation into his company in NY
ABCnews.com—Judge rules that Walgreen's is partially to blame for the opioid crises
NBC News—5 year old girl banned from attending kindergarten at a religious school because her adoptive parents are gay
BBC News—Iranian man charged with plotting to kill John Bolton
CBS News—Elon Musk sells $7 billion worth of Tesla shares after promising shareholders in April that he wouldn't liquidate any more of his holdings in the company
USA Today—Lightning strike near White House kills 3 and critically injures another


8.11.22
CNN.com—To counter Trump's narrative that the search warrant on his property was improperly crafted and politically motivated, the DOJ has asked a judge to unseal both the warrant that Trump was served with and the property record of what was seized as a result of the search
CBS News—CDC updates Covid guidelines
NBC News—Man apprehended after firing a nail gun into the FBI's Cincinnati office
BBC News—Disney's streaming services have overtaken Netflix for overall subscribers
USA Today—NBA to retire Bill Russell's no. 6 jersey league-wide
ABCnews.com—Woman dies at South Carolina beach after being impaled in the chest by an umbrella that was swept away by the wind


8.16.22
ABCnews.com—Biden signs sweeping bill into law that addresses taxes, healthcare, and climate change
CBS News—Low water levels in the Colorado River trigger further water reductions in already-drought-stricken Arizona and Nevada
NBC News—Rudy Giuliani informed that he is officially a target of the election interference investigation in Georgia
CNN.com—American Airlines buying 20 supersonic jets for its fleet
BBC News—British girl uses father's ham radio to talk to astronaut aboard the ISS
USA Today—Environmental groups sue US over $60 million dredging plan that could negatively impact Puerto Rican communities


8.17.22
NBC News—Giuliani testifies for six hours in front of Georgia grand jury
BBC News—UK is first nation to approve dual-strain Covid vaccine that specifically targets the omicron variant along with the original version of the virus
USA Today—FDA may soon allow over-the-counter sales of hearing aids
CNN.com—CDC announces sweeping reorganization in an effort to restore public trust with the agency
ABCnews.com—Apple may add more advertisements to some of its preinstalled iOS apps
CBS News—Girl Scouts add new raspberry cookie to next year's lineup


8.18.22
ABCnews.com—Former Trump Org CFO who worked at the company for 50 years pleads guilty to tax evasion and must testify against the coporation in any future trials, although not necessarily against Trump himself
NBC News—Streaming viewership was higher than cable tv for the first time last month
CBS News—Woman testifies that R. Kelley had sex with her hundreds of times while she was still a minor
CNN.com—Serial sexual predator DeShaun Watson reaches settlement with the NFL that will see him suspended for 11 games and fined $5 million, a small fraction of his current $230 million contract, all without acknoledging or apologizing for his wrongdoing
BBC News—NASA set to send first Native American woman to space in September
USA Today—Japan is trying to induce young people to drink more alcohol


8.23.22
CNN.com—Jury convicts two men who conspired to kidnap Michigan's Democratic governor at her vacation home
BBC News—Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of his attempt weasel out of his purchase of the social media company
ABCnews.com—Twitter's head of security alleges that the company has deceived regulators about its security protocols and its ability to detect bot accounts
CBS News—"Quiet quitting" is new trend for workers trying to find appropriate work-life balance
USA Today—Early prototype of first Apple computer sells for almost $700,000 at auction
NBC News—A revamped MoviePass service is relaunching in September


8.24.22
CNN.com—Biden announces more student loan debt forgiveness
USA Today—New study shows little to no benefit to using antiviral pill Paxlovid as part of Covid treatment in adults 40 to 65
CBS News—Biden administration wants to formalize DACA and shield it from future legal challenges
NBC News—Former Trump campaign chair in Alabama is arrested on sex abuse charges
ABCnews.com—Tesla announces stock split
BBC News—New record production company introduces more sustainable method and materials for creating records


8.25.22
USA Today—Judge orders release of redacted version of affadavit that led to the search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago property
CNN.com—California will ban all sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035
ABCnews.com—Facebook removes nearly 500 Facebook and Instagram accounts associated with the Proud Boys, a far right white supremacist group that helped organize the Jan 6 insurrection
CBS News—Marjorie Taylor Greene's home targeted in two separate swatting incidents in the past week
BBC News—Anthony Fauci will step down from his government role in December after serving nearly four decades under seven different presidents
NBC News—Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy plan to launch new indoor golf league that uses virtual courses in front of a live crowd playing matches designed to last about two hours


8.30.22
NBC News—Judge rules that Georgia governor Brian Kemp must testify in election interference case, but he will not be required to do so until after the November election
USA Today—Google decides not to allow Trump's Truth Social app on its Play store due to concerns over the app's lack of content moderation features
CNN.com—Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
ABCnews.com—Mickey Mantle rookie card sells for $12.6 million at auction, the highest price ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia
CBS News—One student killed and two others hospitalized after brick column collapses on campus of Lewis & Clark College
BBC News—Residents of Jackson, MS, will not have reliable access to running water for the foreseeable future after excessive rainfall and flooding overwhelm the town's water treatment facility


8.31.22
BBC News—Latest filing from DOJ related to its search of Mar-a-Lago which produced several boxes of classified documents implies that Trump and his associates also engaged in obstruction of justice by attempting to conceal the documents
USA Today—Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler accused of sexual misconduct by four women
NBC News—New York bans sales of canned whipped cream to customers under 21
ABCnews.com—Melting ice from Greenland's receding ice sheet could raise worldwide sea levels by 10 inches by 2150
CBS News—22 year long megadrought in the American West is the worst in over 1200 years
CNN.com—Royal Caribbean to offer internet service from SpaceX's Starlink satellites on its ships

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